Carpenter&#39;s level.



CABPENTERS LEVEL.

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1,188,158. PamdJunm, 1916.

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ANGELO DQTULLIO. OF ALBUQUERQUE. NEW MEXICO.

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Speifct-iou 0f Leiters Paten-'t'. Patented Ju ne. 20, i916.

Apincanmifiied August?. 1915. sei-iai 10.44.261.

Beit lilljewntha'l.isdn-:1.o mi; 'li-:1.111. a! eitizenof-t-he limited'Frau-s. anil a resident` nf Allin(p lelpielin the eujunty ot' Hernav State Qi''e-w lex-imi. hax'e iii-v Tllm :iii rented ertain new and useful lini'frm'ements 'iii A(`arpente'rs" Levels. of :w'hiell the follow-ing Vis a s|aei|ieation.

. \9` in\ entiun is an"implant-ment in ear-v peuters levels'. v:liulthe ilnelitinlt lla..`v for its' ohjeet 'tu prm'ideziir instrument of .the eharwter peeilied. adapted''forl use as a snr- {reinar}- level. anal wherein the entire mechanism 'ishmlsed in ththar ofthe level, 'in

" smh a inainter that it eanot he injiired or ion .of j thef arand Fig. a perspective view.v

The 'present 1ei'nbodiinent-. of the invention comprises afina-:1 of wood (Jr-like; inateriah of suitable tliniensions. provided at its eenterfjand'npoi'i its "upper edge .with the 'usual hoi" o'ntal' 'level for testi-n;r 'horizontal line 'Lilie' har also .provided with a tran. rerseopening-.near 'one -end.4` in which is Seated `a""'\'ei'tic a l level of. ordinary eonstrnetion, for testing vvertical lines. The Vliar'fi's also provided near the" opposite end of tlieder'el 3 with a transverseopening-4 'for' lrpose to be' presently described.l and a ca ,ing or gnide-wayis secured to each end of the har; These eas-ings 5 and are similar ea`eh being of Va width andlengthto tit smoothly against the end of the barwith its upper and lower ends a'nd with yits opposite sidewmlgs linsh. with'the top'and bottom and oppositelaces of thebar, and each casing is provided with-openings for receiving .to the depression '11.

.a slut S al the front-ul" tia-Leasing. extending4` `rertlealli' Yand openingf into the guide-nav.

Slidesv J and lll vare nmunted tu' luirxfp in the respective guidi-Araiza and eaeh of the said .from near the lower emi .ttineil the upper end. and :l .series ofteetlroreorrugations ls arrangwl in the lmttoni ofeaeh depression.

-\. sprint;r 1; is arranged in e'aeh .of the the ,ends of the sprintr being:

on .11, and..

'llaeli iff 'the.fsliilesljiiitlil-S lilo'idtl' -lf oni 1t .outer face and each Hatton fits and nloie's within the. adjacent slot S.,of 'tlielea`sing. 'I`lie'sli( les may more. vertieallv:. inrtlieicasings and the springs 12 will holdt1ie 'slides"in .adjusted position.

The slide ,it is providednear itsl upper end' and between the saidend and the adacent,

-end of the depression llivith a transverse opening 1l. the said openingbeing tapering,r

or truste-conical as shown', andthe small Y end-of the opening; is.at the face adjacent i si', 'the liotzThe s lide'lO is provided.hetween'the npper'end of the depression V11 and the adjacent end of the slide with a rectangulaiopeningr 15. the said opening: being arranged with its long,r axisparallel with the. lon;r axisof the slide, and Vcross wires 1G are arranged within the opening, vthe said cross wiresintersectingsat the center of the opening. and the intersection of the said wires is vso arranged with respect to the opening 14,

that the said intersection may Vbe moved into register with the axis of the opening 14.

Each of the slide-sf) and .10 isV provided with two scales, 17 and landl'a'and 18, respectively, at opposite edges of the rear or. inner face, the said scales extendingon the slide 9 from the axis of the opening 14 a 'little more than half the length of the slide,

bar 1 to a standard or upright 19. This clamp isnormally held Within the' opening4, and the said clamp carries a compass and other mechanism to be later described. This mechanism is sectional, consisting of upper and lowersections. The upper'section com-y prises a plate 2Q, co sistingof three integrally connected disklike portions intersect'- ing each other, and gradually decreasing in' diameter 4from one end of the plate to the other. At the largest of the said disks the plate 20 is provided on one face with a clamp for engaging 'the bar l and on the other face with a depression or recess 21. The-clam) consists of oppositely arranged ribs 22 anil 22a spaced apart a little 'farther than the thickness of the bar 1, sothat the mid bai` may rest between the ribs, and set screws 23 are threaded through the rib 22a, to engage the bar to hold it in place between the ribs. The plate is also providedwith a central opening at the depression 21, and a set screw 2l is passed through the,v opening, the head of the screw being above the plate, in such manner that the bar may rest thereon when it is in place. I y l A compass 25 is seated on the intermediate disk, and the central portion of the smallest disk is offset laterally in the same direction as the compass, to `form on the opposite face a recess or depression QG, andthis recess has a central opening 27.

The other orilower section QS is'similar in shape'to the section'QO, and at the smallest disk this plate is provided with an internally threaded boss '29, the opening of the boss registering with the opening 2T when the plates are seated upon each other.

At the opposite end the plate 28 is provided with a boss 30, the saidxboss being circular, andthe plate is provided with a threaded opening at the axis of the boss. for receiving the set screw 24, when the plates are arranged as shown in Figs. 10 and 11. rlhis boss is provided with an annular groove 31, and a clamping member 3;) is mounted on the boss. the said clamping member comprising a body having a central opening for receiving the boss. and oppo sitelv arranged laterally extending clamping ribs. for engaging opposite faces of the standard 19. The clamping member is held on the boss b v a set screw 33. which is threaded through the bod v of the clamping member and engages the annular groove 31, to hold the clamping member on the boss.

A set screw 3l is threaded through one ot' the ribs of theclamping' member, to engage the upper end of the standard or upright 19 to clamp the clamp 32 tothe said standard or upright.

The plates 20 and 28 are piifotally connected when in use, in the position of Figs. 11 and 12, by means of the set screw 24, and

they may be held from movement with respect to each other, by means of a set screw 35. This set screw'is threadedv through one end ,ofthe plate 20, intofengagement with the adjacent .end of the plate 28, and by tightening the set screw 'the plates may be held from movement with respect to each other.

When not in use, theplates are arranged in the opening of the bar in the manner shown in Fig. 10. 'I he opposite faces of the bar 1 ar'e counter-bored or rabbeted at,4 the ends ot the opening 4, and this opening is shaped like the plates. The plates are reversed with respect to each other from the position shown in Figs. 11' and 12. that is,

with the .compass Qvand the boss :29 inward.

The'clam'p '2:2a of the plate '20, and the set screw 24 is reversed, the head of the screw being received in the recess 21 in the plate 20. Another set screw 3G. similar' to the set screw 24 is passed through the opening 2T of the plate 20 into 'engagement with the vboss 129. thehead of the. screw resting in the recess Q6..

' The clamp is. left in position, with the set screw 33 holding it in place. A'hen it is desired to use the instrument. the set screws 2l and 3G .are released, andthe plates are arrangedas shown in Figs. 11 and 12.

The bar 1 is clamped between the ribs 22 and 22, and the upper end of the standard or upright 1*., is clamped by the clamp 32. The level on the bar 1 may now rotate on the spindle, bv loosening the setscrew 35, and when it is'in kidjusted position the parts may be held in this position by tightening theset screw. a

Both. platesmay be rotated on the clamp 32. b v loosening the set screw 33'. -\\'hen this screw is loosened. the yentire mechanism above the clamp 92 ma}r rotate with respect-"to the clamp.

' The bar 1 rests upon the lhead of the set screw 2l. when in use. and is held fixed with respect to the plates by means of the set screw 23. ll'hen vnotin use, the .compass is protected in the casing formed by the plates 2() and 2S.

lt will be noted from an inspection of Figs. 2 and 112. that each ot the plates 2t) and 2S' is provided with a scale on its edge, the said scales cooperating with each other. and the compass L is held in a ring 3T connected to the plate :0 in .any suitable. or desired manner. 'l`lie compass is seated in thil ring. and set screws 3N are threadpd through the ring into engagementwith the compass. Y

ll'hen used as a survevoifs level. a suitable support is used. and this .support ma be a stick of any character of suitable djmensions; the stick being driven into the ground until it is solidly lield. Il`he plates l:Ztl and 2.* 1 are. now removed from the opening L and arranged as shown in Figs-11 vand 12. the plate 2() being pivoted to the plate 2H b v means of the-set screw 24. The clamp 32 is clamped to the Atop of the upright or` standard '19; and tlie baril is clamped. to the plate 1).() b v'ineans of the set screw '223. 'llieslides Si and 1U are liftedl t0 the same point, which may be determined bv the scales 17--18 and 1T-1, after which the level or bar 1 isleveled b v means 'l"he compass is set sqiiareivith' the line ofV thttwo levels '2 'and and. is held ini this position by. the set screws 38; The v bar 1 isnow broughtinto exact alinenient with one side ot the angle tol be.' nieasured when -i-ueasuringv horizontal angles, and the bai" after being leveled and pointed or alined rightlvis `clampedA in this position, and

angle is noted on the scale Vl0. Sonie object iin the line-.to be measured is vlbrought into register-with the intersection of the cross wires. Theobserver looksthrough the opening of the slide 10, and through the opening 11, and Awhen the object appears through the opening 1l at the lintersection ot the cross wires, the bar 1 is clamped in tlii' position, and the angle is notedon the scale 40. The ba'r is now released .and sut-ungfinto"alinement with the other sitle of the angle andthe san'i'e procedure is followed. The angle` is noted1 and the angle .between 'two sides may -be easilyfascertained.

In measuring from a base line, the angle at each end'of'the 'line will be measured? after which, noting the base line and the two angles, the distance ,nay be easily ascertained in a well known manner.

I claim; o 1. A carpentefs level having horizontal 'and vertical levels, and provided 1it.ach

end with a casing liavi' g a. vertical guildeway and a' slot communicating with i the guide-wav and 4extendir'ig to the'outer ace of the casing, a slide movable in'thfecasing. oneof the slides having a tapering opening` and the other having an opening provided" with crosswirer: adapted to register with a lug extendingthri;

.the axis ot the opening in the rstfnanied slide, means for holding the slides 1n adjusted position, said* means comprising a depression extending -longitudinalli-'fof the lrear face of each-slide, and roughened at the bottom of the depression, an are-hed spring in each de pressi o'n,'A and sealeson the casing at the oppositesides. of the slide, each slide having a lugexteiiding'tliroligh the. slotfor `convenience 'in' mov-ing the,

slide. Y il. A `carpenters level lia-vine horizont-.il

and vertical levels, anch pr'ivilediat leachV .uitle-` end with `a casing lia-vind" I erticaflu o "t: wayv and aslot coinnninieating#with the guide-way and extending to the outer ce of -the casi ng, `a slide niiovfz'i le ich. casing, one of theslides .having :'11 taper ng openingt *a v and the other havingjanopeningprovidedwith cross wires adapted, t o'5register with the axis of the ope'ning'ii'ritl'ie. first named slide, means for holding tlie'slides in adjusted position,A said "means 'coi'nprising a depression extendinglongiftudinalli*of tlie rear face ot each"fsl'idee and' rough'ene'd' at the bottoni of the x'depression, an' arched springin each depression, each slide having ugh the adjacent slot for convenient-ein 1i'ioving`;the slide..v

3; earpenters levelfh'ajviiiglii'iiizoi'itzil and vertical levels, and provided at each endwith a casing having a verticalguide-wav,- and a slot communicat'ing--vitl-iA th'e guideway Aand extending to .theouter 4face otthe casing, a vslide movable ,inf,e acl1 casing, one ot the slides having-'a tapering opening;

with cross wires adapted tolregister" with the axis .of the opening in the first naii'ied slide, and means forholding the slides-'inV adjusted positionfeach slide having a '-r'ug extending through the slot for convenience in moving the slide.'

I 1.0.0 and the other havingar'il ol'jening provided" l; )leans tL-rvsecuring a" carpenters level said means comprising coinplemei'i'ta'r)v r igersililef to a support in adjusted 'p'ositiprt plates having their outer faces afla an internally threaded circulai boss formed upon the inner tace of .one ot` said plates'. a clamp upon the inner face of the remaining plate to receive such bossi asecond clamp `adapted to be received between the two' plates or to be secured to the support andreceive the said circular boss, and means for securing the plates in either adjusted position.

)leans for securing a carpei1tei"s levcl tela support in adjusted position, said means lcomprising complementari' ievei'sible p lates. lone ot such plates having bosses pro]ecting ltrom a face thereof near-opposite Und-S`v llC remainingr plate havingr recesses in a face in coincident relatioii \vith the bossesa clamp upon the opposite face of the recessed plate in line with a recessI a clamp adapted to bev secured between thev plates or to one of the bosses. and means' for securing the plates with either of their faces in opposition.

x Y Means for securing a carpenters level to a support in adJusted position, said means comprising complementary reversible plates, means for connecting the platesand admitting of a pivotal movement of lthe level, other means for securing vthe plates in pivoted adjusted position, `and` leveling means f or tilting oneplate upon the other.

' 7..' Means for securing a carpenters llevel' .to a support in adJusted position, said means comprising complementary reversible plates, one of the plates-havingbosses upon ay face at. opposite ends, one of the bosses being circular, the remaining plate having recesses `in a'face in line with the bosses, and a clamp upon the opposite face to register with the circular boss to ieceive'the same oi the level, a second clamp adapted to receive the circular bosses, a-compass adjustable upon the level, saidvclainping mechanisin comprising plates adapted to be clamped together with either of their faces adjacent, one of the plates having on its innerface clamping means for engaging the level, and the other having on its inner face clamping means for engaging the upright, the first-named plate carrying a compass, and the plates" having cooperating scales ontheir adjacent edges.

ANGELO DE TULLIQ. 'itnesses VEXAXZIO FERRARI, RAFFAELLO BALDWINI. 

